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Psalms 86:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.


Psalms 86:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 86:110 words
HebrewMeaning
תְּפִלָּ֗הtəpilāh
a prayernounH8605
לְ/דָ֫וִ֥דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
הַטֵּֽהhaṭēh
inclineverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אָזְנְ/ךָ֣ʾāzənəkā
ear yournounH241
advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···
עֲנֵ֑/נִיʿănēniy
answer meverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עָנִ֖יʿāniy
am pooradjH6041
humble · lowly · needy · poor
וְ/אֶבְי֣וֹןwəʾebəywōn
and needyconjH34
needy · poor
אָֽנִיʾāniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 86:1

1. No greater gift could God have given to men than in making His Word, by which He created all things, their Head, and joining them to Him as His members: that the Son of God might become also the Son of man, one God with the Father, one Man with men; so that when we speak to God in prayer for mercy, we do not separate the Son from Him; and when the Body of the Son prays, it separates not its Head from itself: and it is one Saviour of His Body, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 86 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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